Corinth in the Bible

Meaning: which is satisfied; ornament; beauty

Exact Match

And I did not use persuasive words of [human] wisdom in my message and preaching, but they were [accompanied by] a demonstration of the Holy Spirit and power [from God]. [Note: This "demonstration" could have included the evidence of miraculous spiritual gifts which Paul utilized while there in Corinth. See 14:18].

Verse ConceptsPower Of Holy Spirit, Shown InEnticersPower Through The SpiritThe Power Of The GospelEnticingWise Men In The ChurchLanguageThe power of ChristThe Power Of WordsSpeechpreaching

For although you have ten thousand guardians [Note: This word means someone who transported a child to his teacher] in [the fellowship of] Christ, you do not have many [spiritual] fathers. For I [spiritually] conceived you people through [preaching to you] the good news [about Christ]. [Note: Paul here refers to his work in establishing the church at Corinth].

Verse ConceptsGuardsPaul, Apostle To GentilesNew Birth, The Means OfSpiritual FathersFathers BirthdayparentingDadsSchoolParenting Responsibilities

But some of you have been puffed up through getting the idea that I am not coming to Corinth.

Verse ConceptsArrogance, In The ChurchProud Peoplearrogance

Did the message of God originate from you [i.e., the church in Corinth]? Or, were you people the only ones who received it?

Verse ConceptsBeginning Of Salvation

Now if [or, probably, "when"] Timothy comes [i.e., there to Corinth], make sure he feels at ease [Note: Due to his youthful age and inexperience, Timothy was probably inclined to be easily intimidated], for he is doing the Lord's work, just as I am.

Verse ConceptsVisitingDoing God's WorksThose Not Fearing

Thematic Bible



It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied. They have refreshed my spirit, and yours. Acknowledge such men as these.


For I have been distinctly informed, my brethren, about you by Chloe's people, that there are dissensions among you.


To the Church of God in Corinth, men and women consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-- their Lord as well as ours.


See, I am now for the third time prepared to visit you, but I will not be a dead weight to you. I desire not your money, but yourselves; for children ought not to put by for their parents, but parents for their children.

This intended visit of mine is my third visit to you. "On the evidence of two or three witnesses every charge shall be sustained."

I shall come to you after passing through Macedonia; for my plan will be to pass through Macedonia; and I shall make some stay with you perhaps, or even spend the winter with you, in order that you may help me forward, whichever way I travel. For I do not wish to see you on this occasion merely in passing; but if the Lord permits, I hope to remain some time with you.


Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and our brother Timothy: To the Church of God in Corinth, with all God's people throughout Greece.

To the Church of God in Corinth, men and women consecrated in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-- their Lord as well as ours.

The final greeting of me--Paul--with my own hand. If any one is destitute of love to the Lord, let him be accursed. OUR LORD IS COMING. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. read more.
My love in Christ Jesus be with you all.

For we are writing to you nothing different from what we have written before, or from what indeed you already recognize as truth and will, I trust, recognize as such to the very end;


But thanks be to God that He inspires the heart of Titus with the same deep interest in you; for Titus welcomed our request, and, being thoroughly in earnest, comes to you of his own free will.

I begged Titus to visit you, and sent our other brother with him. Did Titus gain any selfish advantage over you? Were not he and I guided by one and the same Spirit, and did we not walk in the same steps?


Gaius, my host, who is also the host of the whole Church, greets you. So do Erastus, the treasurer of the city, and Quartus our brother.

Erastus stayed in Corinth; Trophimus I left behind me at Miletus, ill.


But if Christ is preached as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?


Why, have you no homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you wish to show your contempt for the Church of God and make those who have no homes feel ashamed? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I certainly do not praise you.


What I mean is that each of you is a partisan. One man says "I belong to Paul;" another "I belong to Apollos;" a third "I belong to Peter;" a fourth "I belong to Christ."

For when some one says, "I belong to Paul," and another says, "I belong to Apollos," is not this the way men of the world speak?



and to pass by way of Corinth into Macedonia. Then my plan was to return from Macedonia to you, and be helped forward by you to Judaea.


I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.


During the stay of Apollos in Corinth, Paul, after passing through the inland districts, came to Ephesus, where he found a few disciples.





And Crispus, the Warden of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, and so did all his household; and from time to time many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and received baptism.

I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius--


It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied.


So he left the place and went to the house of a person called Titius Justus, a worshipper of the true God. His house was next door to the synagogue.


After this he left Athens and came to Corinth. Here he found a Jew, a native of Pontus, of the name of Aquila. He and his wife Priscilla had recently come from Italy because of Claudius's edict expelling all the Jews from Rome. So Paul paid them a visit; and because he was of the same trade--that of tent-maker--he lodged with them and worked with them.


Gaius, my host, who is also the host of the whole Church, greets you. So do Erastus, the treasurer of the city, and Quartus our brother.


And I beseech you, brethren--you know the household of Stephanas, how they were the earliest Greek converts to Christ, and have devoted themselves to the service of God's people--

I did, however, baptize Stephanas' household also: but I do not think that I baptized any one else.

It is a joy to me that Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus have now arrived, because what was wanting so far as you are concerned they have supplied.